Tidcombe and Fosbury

Tidcombe and Fosbury

Long barrow, Tidcombe
Tidcombe and Fosbury
 Tidcombe and Fosbury shown within Wiltshire
Population 93 (in 2001)[1]
OS grid referenceSU3058
Unitary authorityWiltshire
Ceremonial countyWiltshire
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Marlborough
Postcode district SN8
Dialling code 01264
Police Wiltshire
Fire Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK ParliamentDevizes
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Coordinates: 51°19′N 1°34′W / 51.32°N 01.57°W / 51.32; -01.57

Tidcombe and Fosbury is a civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Marlborough and 7 miles (11 km) south of Hungerford, Berkshire. It includes the three small settlements of Fosbury, Tidcombe, and Hippenscombe and lies on the eastern edge of the county, where Wiltshire meets Hampshire.

The parish has few inhabitants, so rather than a parish council it has a parish meeting with all electors entitled to attend and vote at meetings.[2]

The parish of Tidcombe and Fosbury was part of the former district of Kennet until April 2009. Most significant local government functions are carried out by the new Wiltshire Council unitary authority. At the parliamentary level, the parish is part of the Devizes county constituency.

On the former parish boundary between Fosbury and Tidcombe lies the Iron Age hill fort of Fosbury Camp.

References

  1. ↑ "Wiltshire Community History - Census". Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 29 May 2015. Note ONS raw data (as opposed to this County Council figure) is for an area 'too small to publish all data for reasons of confidentiality of living people' its parish data being combined with Upper Chute into output area E00162587 so more demographic statistics will become available in a few decades from 2011
  2. ↑ Tidcombe & Fosbury at wiltshire.gov.uk


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